Tigers have made it known to other teams that they are willing to trade Jacob Turner in a deal for the right pitcher.

But that’s not true says GM Dave Dombrowski. He told Lynn Henning today that they have no plans to trade Turner at all. And that the only time the matter was even discussed was when the Athletics mentioned his name in talks about Gio Gonzalez. Dombrowski said that was not gonna happen. And now there are no talks involving Turner at all.

I know he’s only 20 and his numbers in the minors look OK, but he was really unimpressive the times he pitched this past summer. His fastball topped out in the 90-91 range, so he’s not a power arm. He reminded me of Porcello…I hope he develops as the Tigers hope, but the second coming of Justin Verlander he ain’t…

2011 major league fastball velocity averaged 91.6 (Pitch F/X) or 91.7 (BIS). That’s a bit different from saying it topped out in the 90-91 range. It’s about 1 mph faster than Rick Porcello although obviously much slower than Verlander throws.

Minor league K/BB and K/IP ratios look promising to me. I’m obviously not a scout but keep in mind that the guy turned 20 last May, so one ought to project some further development on average.